Virtual world turned into the real world equivalence. The World Wide Web is becoming local and perhaps more so than global and the global is coming near our lives. Satellite images of every rock, plant and house on the earth is within a reach. The biggest hurdle is if your connection is fast enough to download the streaming images.

Mashups are fun and they bring the global concept into our homes. Users can view a brick and mortar store in other countries from top. Pinpointing its location on a map with driving instructions is easy, at least in the US and some European countries.

One Web service that helps users locate stores is blipstar.com. Files of common data formats can be imported and locations linked.